1.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.12 2002/09/26 18:31:59 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993, 1995 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95 35.\" 36.Dd April 29, 1995 37.Dt BANNER 6 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm banner 41.Nd print large banner on printer 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Fl w Ar width 45.Ar message ... 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47.Nm 48prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output. 49If the message is omitted, it prompts for and 50reads one line of its standard input. 51If 52.Fl w 53is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to 54.Ar width , 55suitable for a narrow terminal. 56.Pp 57The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width, 58with no breaks between the pages. 59.Sh BUGS 60Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \\, 61^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny 62looking (but in a useful way.) 63.Pp 64The 65.Fl w 66option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns. 67The smaller it gets, the grainier the output. 68Sometimes it runs letters together. 69.Sh AUTHOR 70.An Mark Horton 71